Instagram is evaluating Direct on Web pic.twitter.com/bpdY9bep24
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 12, 2019
Instagram’s Direct on Web will also be readily available on desktop pic.twitter.com/Y3iTIdDwKV
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) February 12, 2019
At the moment, direct messaging is a function that is locked into Instagram’s mobile app for Android and iOS. No part of the function, including sending a post straight to another user, is offered on through its site experience. The test function spotted by Wong added a direct message icon to the menu bar online, which would make it possible for users to see, respond to and send out new DMs.
Companies evaluate new products and features all the time, so there is no warranty that desktop direct messages will present to users any time quickly. Nevertheless, provided the recent reports of Facebook’s interest in restructuring its messaging services to permit cross-platform messaging in between Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, it’s tough to picture that this test wouldn’t factor into those strategies.
